Based on the original manga by Hikaru Katsuki, Baby Steps centers on a honor student named Eiichiro Maruo who becomes frustrated with his life and decides to join the tennis club. Despite lacking experience and physical strength, he utilizes his studious nature to develop a strategic approach to playing tennis. Taking notes of his opponents’ habits and tendencies, he is able to predict their next move before they even react. He also meets Natsu Takasaki, a beautiful girl with a passion for tennis. With her help, he aims to become a professional tennis player. (Source: Crunchyroll)
Japanese study overview
Baby Steps is a Japanese anime of 127,737 characters, with 4,527 unique words and 1,104 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,527 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 栄一郎Eiichirō×1,633
- 君Mr×478
- 奈津Natsu×362
- 俺I×328
- 逞しいburly×299
- 審判judgement×273
- 荒谷Aratani×248
- 丸尾Maruo×238
- 試合match×227
- 三浦Miura×223
- 宮川Minagawa×217
- 観客spectator×213
- 影山Kageyama×212
- 難波江Naniwae×163
- 諭吉Yukichi×151
- 岩佐Iwasa×116
- 全日本all of Japan×36
- 打点runs batted in×35
- １回戦first game×28
- 壁打ちbouncing a ball against a wall (e.g. tennis exercise)×20